By emerging victorious from this top-of-the-table shock against the JDA, fourth, the Metropolitans retain their second place with a record of 15 wins and six losses.
Deprived of their leader Tremont Waters, voted best player in the championship in January but injured for several weeks, the Metropolitans had a nightmarish start to the match, being led 23-6 after only seven minutes, then 44-28 in the 16th.
Vincent Collet's men then recovered and gradually made up for their delay, falling back below the ten-point gap thanks to a very long distance shot from Victor Wembanyama (47-38, 18th).
The French nugget did it again after the break before strong winger Steeve Ho You Fat scored nine consecutive points to bring his team up (59-57, 25th).
The JDA, without its leader David Holston, injured, took over the thread of the meeting, relying on the 26 points of its replacement Matt Mobley.
In a thrilling end to the game, "Wemby" took matters into his own hands, with ten points in the last quarter, to end the game with 29 points, nine rebounds and an evaluation of 30.
At the same time, the red lantern Fos-sur-Mer won after extra time their sixth victory of the season against the Chorale de Roanne 93-89.
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